Friday, June 18, 2010

There's Only One Elf Power Song I Like,

But this is a pretty sweet album cover. Their new self-titled album comes out September 14.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Like Nine Inch Nails?

Like free stuff in general? If you answered yes to either question, download How to Destroy Angels' free self-titled EP straight from the band's website.

How to Destroy Angels is Nine Inch Nails-founder/front man Trent Reznor, his wife Mariqueen Maandig and British composer and producer Atticus Ross. How to Destroy Angels (The Null Corporation, 2010) is the band's first official release.

Imagine a less ferocious Nine Inch Nails with lo-fi female vocals. Those are about the extents of the differences between How to Destroy Angels and Nine Inch Nails. The bands' similarities include the sounds of industrial grinding on "Parasite," the glitchy electronic effects on "BBB" and "The Believer" and the very precise drumming best demonstrated on "Parasite" and "Fur Lined." How to Destroy Angels also exudes a dark ambience, such as with the sparse piano line of "A Drowning" which sounds almost identical to the one that forms the backbone of With Teeth closer "Right Where it Belongs." Maandig even sings like Trent Reznor, most notably on "The Believers," with her disturbed, hushed vocals and equally despairing lyrics.

Given the myriad similarities between How to Destroy Angels' debut EP and Nine Inch Nails' overall discography, How to Destroy Angels is sure to please most Nine Inch Nails fans or at least satiate them until Trent Reznor formally releases new music under his Nine Inch Nails moniker.